Rachel Chapla

Rachel  is an undergraduate alumnus of the group .  While in the Bradford Research Group, Rachel worked to optimize the fabrication method of Copper Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube array composites for maximum copper content.  During the summer of 2013, Rachel performed research at the Center for High Technology Materials at the University of New Mexico, where she investigated near-field excitation patterns in paired gold nanoparticles.